Glove and mitten.



L. L. TABOR.

GLOVE AND MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.6, 1911.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI L. TABOR, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

GLOVE AND MITTEN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI L. TABOR, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Gloves and Mittens, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gloves and mittens.

The object of my invention is to provide means for securing economy inthe use of lining material, avoiding the use of cumbrous anduncomfortable connecting seams in the lining members, and preventing thelining members from withdrawing or from drawing the outer covering outof shape.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a view of a mitten embodying my invention asseen from the inner or palm face, a portion of the palm beingdisconnected from the back of the mitten and folded over to show theposition of the lining members, and the manner in which they areattached to the outer covering members. Fig. 2 is a sectional view,drawn substantially on line 0000 of Fig. 1, but showing the palm memberof the mitten properly connected to the back. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewon the same line as Fig. 2, but showing my invention as applied to aturned mitten. Fig. 4 is a view of a glove embodying my invention andshowing one of the fingers with the end portions of the outer coveringsseparated and swung to a position exposing their inner surfaces.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

The outer covering members of my improved mitten, are composed of a palmmember A, a back member B, and of thumb members, of which the outermember C appears in Fig. 1. In manufacturing the mitten, a lining memberA and a back lining member B are formed in the general contour of thepalm and back members A and B respectively, but the lining members areof less size, their dimensions being such that when applied to the innersurfaces of the palm and back members A and B respectively, a marginalportion 1 of said outer coverings will be left exposed, and the liningmember A is then stitched to the palm member A by a row of stitches 2along the margin of the lining member. The back Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 6, 1911.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

Serial No. 606,703.

lining member B is secured to the back B by a similar row of stitches 3.These stitches extend along the outer sides and across the finger end ofthe mitten, as shown in Fig. 1, and they may extend across the wristportion, but this is not essential. After the lining members have beenthus independently :secured to the inner surfaces of the outer coveringmembers, said outer covering members are assembled and connected witheach other in any suitable manner, such for example, as the outermarginal row of stitches A in Fig. 1. The stitches 4: do not extendthrough the lining members, but merely pass through the exposed margins1 of the outer covering members. The finger or thumb pieces are formedin the same manner, the linings being connected independently to eachpiece by stitches 2, and the outer coverings being connected by stitches4: between the marginal edges of the lining members and the marginaledges of the outer covering members.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the lining members are notdirectly connected with each other and are not connected by means of thestitching 4, the independent rows of stitching 2 and 3 constituting theonly means of connection for the lining members with the outercoverings.

Referring to Fig. 3, it will be observed that the construction is thesame as that shown in the other views, but the edges of the severalmembers are turned inwardly, so that the outer surfaces of the outermembers abut each other at the point of connection by means of thestitches 4.. The process of construction is exactly the same as thatfollowed in producing the mitten shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with theexception that the outer coverings are stitched together by the stitches4 with their outer surfaces abutting, after which the mitten is turnedinside out. The turning of gloves and mittens in this manner is wellknown in the art and requires no further explanation.

With the above described construction, each lining member is securelyheld in a correct position with reference to the outer or coveringmember, and the connection of the lining member does not add to thethickness of the glove or mitten along the edge margins of the outercovering members. There is no tendency for the lining to withdraw whenthe glove or mitten is removed from the hand of the wearer and When in vWearing position, there are no lining seams vided with an independentlining member independently secured to its inner surface 'andpf lesssize than the outer member,

' leaving no connecting seams for the inner lining, except in casesWhere a single lining member is itself made up from small pieces Istitched together as is frequently the case Where scrap is beingutilized.

' Referring to Fig. 4, Which shows my invention embodiedin a form ofglove cut in the style known as the Montpelier cut, it

' of the outer coverings from the margins of thelinings, and producing alined. glove fin- Copies of this patent may be obtained for Will beobserved that the fingers are formed of'four pieces, D, E, F and G, eachhaving 2 a lining member D, E, F and G respectively, independentlysecured to each outer covering member, thus freeing the seams 4 1. In aglove or mitten, a set of outer cov-. ermg members st1tched togetheralong their edge margins, and a set of lining members of less size, eachstitched to one of the outer members independently of the other inem-lEbers and Within the line of marginal stitching which connects the outermembers.

2. In a glove or mitten, a set of outer covering members stitchedtogether along their edge margins, and a set of lining members gof lesssize independently secured to the in- ;ner surfaces of the respectiveouter covering members and otherwise unconnected ;With each other. i I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

LEVI L. TABOR. Witnesses i p IRMA BREMER, Lnvnnn'r'r C. WHEELER.

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